Scavenger Hunt Challenge 1

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1. Sometime in 1991, a chief scientist at the NIIT, named, started an experiment hole in a wall.
Dr. Sugata Mitra
India
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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Experimented hole in the wall in NIIT
2. What does NIIT stands for?
 National Institute of Information Technology

 in India
https://www.acronymfinder.com/National-Institute-of-Information-Technology-(India)-(NIIT).html
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NIIT meaning
3. It was implemented at a slum area in New Delhi.
Hide in the wall
India
http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/Beginnings.html
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4. His team carved a hole in the wall that separated NIIT campuses from slum areas. Why did they carve hole in the wall?
To put up a freely accessible computer for use
India
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimally_invasive_education
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Minimally invasive education
5. What was the significant finding of the experiment?
the children were able to develop deep learning by teaching themselves
India
https://www.edutopia.org/blog/self-organized-learning-sugata-mitra
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Hole in the wall
6. What could be the implications of this finding to existing teaching practices especially those that are related with the use of ICT in learning?
India
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Hole in the wall



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